# why get 'not logged in'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-get-not-logged-in/312774>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 16, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-get-not-logged-in/312774 "2005-07-16T06:38:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![stop-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@stop-1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stop-1)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-get-not-logged-in/312774/1 "2005-07-16T06:38:09Z")

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I log in. Get message ‘you are logged in’ etc. I go to a thread and type in a reply and hit button. I then get ‘you are not logged in’ screen. No matter what I do after this my message goes POOF into never-never-cyber-space land and disappears foreaver. What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-get-not-logged-in/312774/2 "2005-07-16T11:19:45Z")

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This must be happening randomly, as you have nine posts on the boards. Am I correct that it doesn’t happen all the time?